Daily Archive: Friday, May 3, 2024

Cricket West Indies (CWI) this morning announced their 15-man squad for the impending ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June.

Former President of the Caribbean Development Bank and former Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Compton Bourne is Guyana’s Ambassador-designate to Brazil. 

 (Reuters) – Panama’s top court today ruled the presidential candidacy of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli’s former running mate Jose Raul Mulino is constitutional, days before the election.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party won a parliamentary seat in northern England yesterday  and control of several councils, inflicting heavy losses on the governing Conservatives to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Even as Guyana, a still, substantively underdeveloped country, impatiently awaits the envisaged returns from what is now universally referred to as a ‘world class’ oil and gas sector, analysts are proffering their own separate prognoses of the extent to which the energy sector could shift the material foundations of a country that had, at one time, been characterised as a “Banana Republic.”

With a suddenness that has left the uninitiated ‘blinded’ like the deer in headlamps, the discovery of oil and the subsequent portents that the ‘find’ has for a rush of inward investment has compelled Guyana’s business community to raise its game, so to speak, to match the ‘force’ of what has become a tsunami of foreign investment interests such as the country has never before been prepared for.

CARICOM’s agency for crime and security has advised regional governments of a possible Islamic State threat to the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup in June which will be played in Guyana, other parts of the Caribbean and the United States.

Commentator Christopher Ram has said that the Guyana Government should seek to acquire Hess’ 30% share in the lucrative Stabroek Block which is currently at the centre of a dispute between two American oil majors: ExxonMobil and Chevron.

In a statement which appears to point to concerns that Guyanese residing in the United States are being negatively impacted by ongoing political developments in Guyana, the Guyanese-American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) has expressed “grave concern” over what it says have been “calls for the boycott of some Guyanese-owned businesses in Brooklyn, New York, for having the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency Irfaan Ali, visit their business establishments recently.”

-cites `alarming’ increase in online attack on media workers As the Guyana Press Association (GPA) observes World Press Freedom Day 2024 today, it said that the country is facing an environmental crisis.

-while local Min. of Agriculture ‘more markets’ promise seemingly stalled By far the most successful country in the Caribbean in terms of making inroads into the extra-regional markets for local products, notably in the agro-processing sector, Jamaica’s small- and medium-sized enterprises are once again being advised to raise their game even higher in terms taking advantage of the market opportunities ‘on offer’ in the more potentially lucrative international markets.

Fruta Conquerors hindered the title hopes of the third-place unit, the Guyana Police Force (GPF), as they played to a 1-1 stalemate in the KFC Elite League yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Long established as a global giant in the oil and gas industry, Brazil is reported to have recently recorded increase in proven oil reserves.

The government is planning to upgrade the two-lane road from the Linden/Soesdyke Junction to the Timehri Police Station into a four-lane carriageway.

Twenty-three individuals, including six women from Region #9, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, successfully completed the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Referee Introductory Course on Sunday.

Forever a ‘hot’ item as a store of value, the global craving for gold has over time, pushed individuals and groups to extreme and not always legal options to acquire the precious metal.

GCB T10 Championship Berbice Piranhas and Essequibo Jaguars registered lopsided victories when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Championship continued today at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands.

Dear Editor, I read a letter by Vincent Alexander in yesterday’s newspapers where Mr.

-Heads of Western missions say in joint statement Given the environmental crises facing Guyana, journalists must have access to more data and science to accurately report to the public, heads of Western missions here said in a joint statement yesterday to mark World Press Freedom Day today.

By Brooke Glasford A few of months ago I started a series on TikTok called Little Luxuries where I highlighted little ways I elevated parts of my life– very simple things, like having my tea in a proper teacup and saucer, or putting on red lipstick to lift my mood – they are what appear to be completely trivial actions but they added value to my day.

Colts squeaked past Sonics by a 90-86 score when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) U-23 Championship continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, This Sunday, May 5, is Indian Arrival Day, commemorating the day Indians first landed on the territory in 1838.

As gas delivery for Guyana’s ambitious power project draws closer, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) is gearing up for brief shutdowns of two of its Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platforms.

Four persons were robbed yesterday morning in D’Urban Backlands after returning home from the Burna Boy Show.

Dear Editor, In his article last Sunday, titled “Presidential Immunity”, Ralph Ramkarran wrote “In Guyana a President can stand up in Regent Street and shoot a shopper dead and by virtue of article 182(2) he or she would be immune from prosecution even after he or she ceases to be President.

ICC T20 World Cup Physical ticket sales for the impending International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup commenced yesterday across the region, with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) office on Regent Street serving as the primary location for the acquisition of entrance passes for the six allotted matches.

Hopefully, now that Guyana’s now firmly petro-focused economy is affording entrepreneurial space beyond the much narrower options that had obtained up until a handful of years ago, Guyana can begin to put behind it, the age-old cliché about women occupying the lowest rung on the entrepreneurial ladder, largely still wedded to a micro-business culture which, unquestionably, their ambitions have now outgrown.

PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo last week said that it was wrong for  one of  the party’s  councillors on the isle of Wakenaam to link access to a state cash grant with the purchase of tickets for a hotdog sale.

Dear Editor, Mr. Charles Sohan (SN, May 1, 2024) disagreed with the writer (SN April 23, 2024) that an umbrella programme management unit (UPMU) is urgently needed to oversee the various infrastructure projects in Guyana to deter corruption and to enable timely and quality infrastructure works. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The majority of Haiti’s transition council who had nominated an interim prime minister earlier this week has walked back the decision, exposing the internal turmoil of the group charged with leading the Caribbean nation out of a prolonged crisis.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges yesterday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week.

The Jamaica Gleaner of Wednesday, May 1, has published an article, New Era for Ganja, that reveals an envisaged significant step towards the possible removal of the scourge of illegality, and worse, that have for decades, hovered over efforts to completely sanitize the ‘stain’ that has attached itself to what is commonly referred to as ‘ganja’.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government is aiming to make up for the return of U.S.

Comment The fact that it took a great deal of prodding and protestation and the eventual intervention of the Courts to cause the obscenity that passes for urban trading to impose itself on the country’s capital for ‘ages’, is a circumstance which, truth be told, ought to be a matter of embarrassment to both the state and the local authority.

(Reuters) – In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia.

Dear Editor, I wish to explain what happens regarding elections at PPP Congresses.

(Photos from Burna Boy’s official Facebook page) The long-awaited Burna Boy show has come and gone, leaving satisfied patrons still reminiscing about it.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday, April 25, 2024

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump sought yesterday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities.

On Tuesday, Trevon Samuels, 53, a labourer  of No. 28 Village West Coast, Berbice appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to  answer to the charge of wounding  Jaipaul Narine.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 29, local authorities said last evening, as the state government declared a state of public calamity to handle the dramatic situation.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond in these pages to a recent missive titled “When the carnage was instigated by a PPP Minister and the Phantom group, people sought solace in North America ‘’ by Mr.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil declared itself yesterday as free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, and will request World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) to recognize that status as it seeks to open more markets for its meat exports.

Machinery Corporation [MACORP] on Monday announced that nine technicians [eight males and one female] from its 16th Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Electric Power Generation Training programme graduated at MACORP’s Providence location last Friday.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of yesterday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories.

Dear Editor, The letter writer has made a compelling call for City Hall to act with regards to vendors and vending (SN May 2), one of many such calls.

Up to this point in time, the ‘average Joe’ in the Caribbean is probably ‘none the wiser’ as to the real reason(s) behind the unexpected tumult within the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) triggered by what had been described as the suspension of the St.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago now joins several other CARICOM countries in formally recognising the State of Palestine.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has taken what it describes as “a bold step forward” in digital financial literacy in youth by sponsoring students from several local high schools in the pioneering Sustainable Stock Market Game, a release from the bank stated yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies international Devon Thomas was banned from the sport yesterday for five years after he admitted to seven anti-corruption breaches.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S.

Earlier this week we reported that a Zoo Restoration and Enhancement Project had been launched by the Protected Areas Commission.

(CMC) – West Indies pair of Twenty20 International Captain Rovman Powell and left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer failed to fire for the Rajasthan Royals, and hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat them by one run in a tense last-ball finish in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Dear Editor, As I listened to addresses by presenters at the May Day Rally I attended at the GTU Compound, the mess workers and citizens are in is clear.

(CMC) – West Indies “A” grabbed an unbeatable 3-1 lead in their Twenty20 series against hosts Nepal after their bowlers followed up strong batting from Andre Fletcher and Johnson Charles to formalise a 28-run win in the penultimate match yesterday.

By Harold James PRINCETON – Gold has returned to the international monetary system.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded Part 125 Introduction The disagreement involving the three Contractors under the 2016 Agreement (Exxon Guyana, Mobil, Hess and CNOOC) and Chevron over the friendly takeover of Hess by Chevron has gone to arbitration in the United States.

(CMC) – West Indies Women now hold a 3-1 lead in their Twenty20 series against hosts Pakistan Women after their bowlers failed to bail them out following an inexplicable batting collapse that condemned them to their first loss on the trip by eight wickets yesterday.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1069’s trading results showed consideration of $9,166,600 from 39,110 shares traded in 21 transactions as compared to session 1068’s trading results, which showed consideration of $35,605,782 from 104,845 shares traded in 17 transactions.